Sigmar Polke (1941-2010) - Transit (III)

Sigmar Polke (1941-2010), Transit (III), 1996/1998.

Offset lithograph on thin Velin, 63 x 90 cm. Edition of the Friends of the State Museum Schwerin e.V. Variant of: Becker/von der Osten 126.

Condition: Overall good condition. Minor creases on the edges of the pages. Photos are part of the condition description.

About:
“Transit (III)” is part of a series of works in which Sigmar Polke addresses the themes of movement, displacement, and perception in a typcally polysemous visual language. The work fuses technically generated raster fields with alienated/distorted figuration, thereby creating a visual unrest that oscillates between reality and illusion.
As is often the case with Polke, the visual structure stands not only for aesthetics but also for social processes: 'Transit' can be read here as a metaphorical state between places, identities, and conditions. The ambiguity of the imagery reflects the uncertainties of modern experiential spaces—a central theme in the artist's work.


Biography
Sigmar Polke (1941–2010) was one of the most influential German artists of the postwar period. As a co-founder of the 'Capitalist Realism' movement, Polke developed a multi-layered visual language blending painting, photography, printmaking, and experimental materials. He is regarded as a boundary-crosser between Pop Art, conceptual art, and critical social analysis.
His works are characterized by irony, political subtlety, and the use of unconventional techniques such as halftone dots, lacquers, chemical reactions, and photochemistry. Polke was exhibited several times at documenta, among others, and in 2007 received the Praemium Imperiale. His works are in major museums such as the MoMA, the Centre Pompidou, and the Tate Modern.